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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 15 Jan 2003 12:23 pm, martin.gautier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > cd .. > > > > goes to the parent directory > > It's an interesting point that for those coming from a Win/DOS background, > they can use: > > cd.. > (no spaces after cd) > > whereas the linux command requires a space. > Not necessarily, Mandrake for one creates an alias for cd.. to cd .. so you don't get the 'command not found' message. Check /etc/profile.d/alias.sh and add: alias cd..="cd .." Other Mdk aliases include: alias ls="ls $LS_OPTIONS" alias d="ls" alias l="ls" # classical listing. alias ll="ls -l -k" # List detailled. alias la='ls -a' # List all. alias lsd="ls -d */" # List only the directory. alias s="cd .." alias p="cd -" alias md="mkdir" alias rd="rmdir" alias cp="cp -i" alias mv="mv -i" alias rm="rm -i" > It's something that's caught me a few times late at night & after a few > beers and something my brother queried when he booted linux for the first > time. > > ie. Not such a dumb question for a newbie... ;o) > > Mart But one that doesn't affect all newbies and can be avoided with the right config. - -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.codehelp.co.uk http://www.dclug.org.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+JcDpiAEJSii8s+MRArwTAJ0TwIUVSkIn8n30DpE4qg9K93QBTQCgxrv6 Hvsu1cxQopvbxBxC2lOchnM= =MYSM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.